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500 Leke
| Issuer | Banka e Shqipërisë |
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| Year | 1992-1996 |
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| Value | 500 Lekë (500 ALL) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANKA E SHQIPERISE PESEQIND LEKE NAIM FRASHERI 1846-1900 |
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| Reverse lettering | BANKA E SHQIPERISE PESEQIND LEKE UNE ZJARRIT NUK` INDRUHEM DHE KURRE S`DUA TE SHUHEM PO TE DIGJEM ME DESHIRE SA TE MUNI NDRINJ ME MIRE |
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Albania's first post-communist banknote series was issued under extraordinary conditions — the country had just emerged from nearly five decades of Enver Hoxha's isolationist rule, and the central bank was rebuilding credibility from near zero. The 500 Lekë was the highest denomination in that inaugural series, introduced at a moment when hyperinflationary pressure and widespread economic collapse were eroding public confidence in any paper currency.
The series was printed by De La Rue. Watermark-only security reflects the stripped-back specification typical of emergency transitional issues rather than a fully developed national printing program. The Ponzi scheme collapse of 1996–97 that triggered armed insurrection across Albania fell squarely within this note's circulation window.